RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #7

Don't you find payback a b*tch? It's like scratching a very irritating itch. Red Hood knows what I mean - Kory is very clean - and Roy is ready for another sales pitch. Now what are they selling? These guys know. Writer: Scott Lobdell; Artist: Kenneth Rocafort; and Publisher: DC Comics in April 2012. Shazbot!

So what’s the STORY
morning glory?

This chapter of Red Hood and the Outlaws, entitled 'I Found
That Essence Rare and Deadly', is like a cold sip of lemonade on a fresh
summers day, except that there is chilli-sauce dabbled along the rim of the
glass.

You see, Jason (Red Hood) Todd, plus his chums, Roy and
Kory, have just dropped off Crux at Arkham Asylum, stolen his spaceship, and
are now setting forth to kick 'Unknown' ass. But then, suddenly, Jay's old
flame, Essence, pops up, and... err... sh*t happens.

Well, Jason thinks that she has betrayed him and the
'All-Caste'. And so he attempts to stab this smoky sullen filly until the cows
comes home.

But does he manage to do this? Err - no - not really.
However, with a bit of help from Roy and Kory, as soon as they know what is
going on, he does teleport her to God knows where, just before she explains to
him, her and Ducra's connection to 'the Unknown'.

Great news, huh? Now we can see the gang fight Suzie Su in GothamCity next issue.

What is the most
memorable SENTENCE OR CONVERSATION spoken in this issue?

There is one quick comment made by Roy during his battle
with Essence that really did make me laugh "Well, history was never my
strongest subject. Or Biology. But what I lack in book smarts I make up for in
aim".

It's kind of pithy, isn't it?

What was the BEST
thing about this issue?

This book is so full of personality, I feel that it
should be able to give some to 'The Dark Knight' comic book, and it would still
be in great fighting form. Honestly, even the clerk at Arkham had a character
trait that made him seem memorable in this issue, plus the rest of the cast and
that Essence lady as well.

Oh! While I am on the subject of Essence, she mentioned
'Trigon', right? And Kory did not flinch! Well heavens to Betsy,
retro-continuity is at it again, Yeee-haw!!

What was the WORST
thing about this issue?

I am not really that 'au fait' with all of those silly names
Scott uses to depict the characters past. 'The All-Caste', 'The Unknown', 'The
Chamber of All', they all just sound like a perfume by L'Oreal or something.
You can imagine some flavor of the month showing her assets on camera and
saying something like "I use 'The All-Caste' by L'Oreal, because I am
worth it". Or words to that effect. But apart from that, this issue was blooming
marvelous.

What was the most
CREATIVE thing about this issue?

STORY: The most creative little touch to this story was the
way that Roy and Kory could not see Jason speaking to Essence, thinking that he
was a nut who just cracked. Also, I did like the brief flash-back to Jason's
past, because I found it to be the most revealing part of the story, inadvertently.

ART: Kenneth is a class artist on this book. In this
particular installment, I liked how colorist, Blond, de-saturated the pallet in
the flash-back sequence, as well as the overall bumbling flow to the battle. It
was very 'Abbot and Costello', huh?

If you had to CAST
TWO CHARACTERS in this comic book, who would they be and why?

THE CLERK IN ARKHUM: Due to this chaps, uh, way of like... ur,
speaking. Plus, err, his glasses as well. Err, he does kind of remind me of Mr Garrison
from 'SouthPark',
OK?

ESSENCE: Look at the picture. Go on. Look at it. And tell me
that this white haired-diva who goes by the name Christina Aquilera, does not
look like this smoky b*tch / secret assassin.

If this issue had a
MOVIE TAG LINE, what would it be?

Please Be Careful Not To Stab At Smoke With A Knife, Or Else
You May Muck Up A Micron.

If this issue were a MOVIE,
an OBJECT, or a piece of MUSIC, what would that be and why?

OK, so this story was fun, had a jovial tone to it, plus it
gave us an inadvertent incite into Jason's past and probable future. Simple -
The Steve Miller Band 'The Joker'.

Catchy, huh?

FINAL thoughts...

I love this comic I do. Sometimes I do not think that it can
do any wrong, apart from the occasional hick-cup here and there, were names and
tones are concerned. I just hope that next issue's inclusion into the 'Court Of
Owls' saga isn't a stop gap. Though Red-Robin's is in it, so it shouldn't be, huh?

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